Percentage vs. Per Mile

I was going on the OP statement about this pertaining to IC operators. They would be dealing direct with a broker under their own authority. Therefore, my statement is valid in that if the actual rate is such that a person agrees to it and chooses to haul it, it really doesn't matter what the broker is "skimming" off or not. If the load is not paying what a person thinks it should, then they should not agree to it.

 

A company could be started to do that, with input from drivers, but..... unless it is done via legislation to do so from the government, it will be countered legally by a team of lawyers filing for defamation of character and other goodies they can think of. And without government sanctioning a rating system on brokers, those that are involved in such an endeavor will soon find themselves on the defendent side of a civil suit.

 

Your making my point... LS is skimming you, but your still there because you are getting your rate! Like i said before it doesnt matter what they are getting.

 

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It appears to me.The only way an O/O does not get screwed is if he has ''DIRECT'' Customers and the 2 parties agree to a rate..Very much less complicated and less BROKERS or AGENTS with there hands in your pockets..

Then again.I have heard of O/O's getting screwed and not getting paid because the ''business'' they pulled for went under.

 

..But it should ''matter'' is what i am saying..O/O's should do everything in there power to ask and want to see the ''original'' freight bill,just like i do in some cases with Landstar Ranger..

 

It seems to me that the last thing we need is for such ratings to be corrupted by politics. Does government tell us which ebay sellers we should trust or which restaurants have the tastiest appetizers? Would you trust them if they did?

Private companies routinely report reviews/ratings of everything from restaurants to ebay sellers to strip clubs without fear of lawsuits. Why would brokers be any different? Merely publishing reviews of a business isn't defamation of character. If it was, this site would have been sued out of existence long ago.

 

Im a company driver and some of my loads are % loads, do I have a leg to stand on by telling them I want to see the freight bill's so I know that Im getting the money owed to me?

 

I always asked them back in the days i ran for company.But i am a nut and i am direct..Many people are SCARED TO DEATH..Fear run rampid in trucking...When i asked i seen management get very ''nervous'' and ''shakey''.I new then they were ripping me off....I got my answer without them ever telling me the TRUTH.....

I even had guys give me a ''bill'' that was clearly fudged and had white out on it..

 

Why would anyone stay with a company they think is skimming money. Stealing from them? No way, no how.

We get 70% of what load pays. Plus FSC, of course. Sometimes % isn't that great when you have a long dead head but like someone said, with % you get great loads, good loads, okay loads and poor loads. But I'd much rather do the % than do the per mile bit. For the simple fact there's always a fluctuation in loads. One time a load might pay 3.75 a mile or it might pay $49 a ton. Plus FSC. We coulda signed for $1.06(something like that) for every mile driven, loaded/unloaded. Plus FSC. At the end of the year, more money gets put in the bank via % than would on a per mile deal. At least in the situation we're in, pulling dry bulk.